Where the sidewalk ends : the poems et drawings of Shel Silverstein

If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, A magic bean buyer . . . Come in . . . for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist. Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound. ## Amazon.com Review Shel Silverstein shook the staid world of children's poetry in 1974 with the publication of this collection, and things haven't been the same since. More than four and a half million copies of __Where the Sidewalk Ends__ have been sold, making it the bestselling children's poetry book ever. With this and his other poetry collections (__A Light in the Attic__ and __Falling Up__), Silverstein reveals his genius for reaching kids with silly words and simple pen-and-ink drawings. What child can resist a poem called "Dancing Pants" or "The Dirtiest Man in the World"? Each of the 130 poems is funny in a different way, or touching ... or both. Some approach naughtiness or are a bit disgusting to squeamish grown-ups, but that's exactly what kids like best about Silverstein's work. Jim Trelease, author of __The New Read-Aloud Handbook,__ calls this book "without question, the best-loved collection of poetry for children." __(Ages 4 to 10)__ ## Review "A zesty collection of humorous light verse." -- **SLJ.** "An ideal book for teachers to have handy . . . If you want to ungloom your day, start Where the Sidewalk Ends." -- **Reading Teacher.** The Acrobats Afraid Of The Dark Alice The Bagpipe Who Didn't Say No Band-aids Bang-klang The Battle Benjamin Bunnn The Bloath Boa Constrictor Captain Hook Chester Colors The Crocodile's Toothache Dancing Pants The Dirtiest Man In The World Double-tail Dog Drats Dreadful Early Bird The Edge Of The World Eighteen Flavors Enter This Deserted House The Farmer And The Queen Fish? Flag The Flying Festoon For Sale Forgotten Language The Fourth Fred? The Garden The Generals The Gypsies Are Coming Hat Hector The Collector Helping Homemade Boat Hug O' War Hungry Mungry I Must Remember I Won't Hatch! I'm Making A List Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too If I Had A Brontosaurus If The World Was Crazy Instructions Invention Invisible Boy Invitation It's Dark In Here Jimmy Jet And His Tv Set Joey Jumping Rope Just Me, Just Me The Land Of Happy Lazy Jane Lester Listen To The Mustn'ts The Little Blue Engine The Long-haired Boy The Loser Love Ma And God Magic Magical Eraser Me And My Giant Me-stew Melinda Mae Merry... Minnow Minnie My Beard My Hobby My Rules No Difference Oh Have You Heard One Inch Tall The One Wh Satyed Ourchestra Pancake? Paul Bunyan Peanut-butter Sandwich Pirate Captain Jim The Planet Of Mars Point Of View Poor Angus Rain The Razor-tailed Wren Recipe For A Hippopotamus Sandwich Ridiculous Rose Rudy Felsh Santa And The Reindeer Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out The Search Shadow Wash Sick The Silver Fish Skinny Sky Seasoning Sleeping Sardines Smart Snowman Spaghetti Standing Stone Telling Thumbs Tight Hat The Toucan Traffic Light Tree House True Story Two Boxes The Unicorn Upstairs Us Warning What A Day What's In The Sack Where The Sidewalk Ends Who Wild Boar With His Mouth Full Of Food Won't You? The Worst The Yipiyuk -- __Table of Poems from Poem Finder__ A collection of poems and drawings that feature a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale, a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist.